Operation Manual

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Operating the Engine

Item Procedure A B C Reference

1 Open indicator valves ●●●

2 Turn engine over twice by barring gear, but not later than 1 hour

after prelubricating, otherwise repeat prelubricating ●●

3 Place speed control in lowest possible position ●●Section 3.3.1

4 Keep assistance ready at the

emergency stop drive ●●Job 05.00.01

5 With air receivers closed, move engine control lever

from "Stop" to "Start" position.

Slowly open air shut-off valves and

- with indicator valves opened -

briefly turn engine over. ●●●

Close air receivers, move control lever back to "Stop" position

and close indicator valves

6 Open air receiver fully ●●●

7 Move local control lever from "Stop" to "Start" position

and - when firing speed is attained -

move on to "Run" position ●●●Section 3.3.1

8 Should the engine fail to fire at the end of some 3 seconds,

wait for a while and repeat starting attempt.

If several such starting attempts are unsuccessful, ●●● Section 7

trace cause of trouble and remedy.

9 Switch off water preheater (if provided)

at temperature specified ●●●Section 3.3.2

10 Where the standby lube oil pump is used for priming,

switch off pump once idling speed is reached

or when the starting inhibitor, ●●●

if provided, releases

11 Raise engine speed slowly ●●

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4.2 Running the Engine on Distillate Fuel